Purse



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PURSE. I

PatentedOot. 10, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA' M. TOWN, OF ST. JOHNS, KANSAS.

PU RSE.

'SPIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,893, dated October 10, 1882.

Application tiled June 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA M. TOWN, of St. Johns, in the county of Stafford, in the State of Kansas, Ahave invented new and useful Improvements in Purses, ot' whichthe following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists essentially ofa pockethaving ou one side of its mouth an extension formed With a series of longitudinal strips, and on the opposite side of themouth a Hap havl ing a series of slits through which the afore- -said strips slide, all as hereinafter more fully explained, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis a front view et' my improved purse in a closed position. Fig. 2 shows the same in an open position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section onlineft1 x with the tiaps distended from the purse. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the upper part of the front section of the purse; and Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line y y, Fig. 1.

- Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

A and B represent the rear and front sections of a pocket or pouch composed of any desirable exible material and constructed iu any convenient and suitable shape, with 'a mouth or opening at its upper end. The front section, B, is provided with a-n extension, C,which has a series of longitudinal slits, t a, forming a series of strips united at their extremities. Upon the exterior of the front section is a tlap, D, which is connected to the rear section, A, at the mouth of the purse by means of stitches s s, or other suitable fastening devices, passing through the slits a of the front section, the

loose portions of the ap between the stitches s s forminga series of slits or openings through which the strips ofthe extension G slide, and being` crimped around the said strips, so as to more eiectnally close the purse.

The purse is opened by holding the ap by one hand and drawing out ard the section B by the other hand, thereby bringing the slitted portion ofthe extension O in trout ofthe flap, as shown in Fig. 2 ot' the drawings, and thus affording access to the interior of the purse through the said slits.

To close the purse it is only necessary to take hold of the lower end of the purse with one hand and drawing the extension C with the other hand, thereby bringing' it into the position shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

Having described myinvention,what1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s-

The within-described purse, consisting ofthe rear section, A, front section, B, having the eX- tension O, provided with slits a a, and the tiap D, attached to the rear section by stitches s s through the slits a, and having intermediate crimped loose portions partially surrounding the strips formed by the slits a, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereotI have hereunto signed my name and atxed my seal, in the presence of two attestin g witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ofNew York, this 23d day ofJuue, 1882.

ANNA M. TOWN. [L. s.] Y Witnesses:

G. H. DUELL, WM. C. RAYMOND. 

